Garment supporter



Aug. 28, 1923.

' V. R. KOZLOFF GARMENTVSUPPORTER Filed April 27. 1921 l/MIT f1.1.

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i Application led April 27, 1921.-' Serial 'No."464,-8 99:' f7

t To aZZ 207mm may concern.'

Be it known that 1Vnsin RAYNoviToii lxozLorF, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and

resident of the city of New Yorlgborough of Manhattan, county ofNewYork, and State of New York, have inventeda-new and Improvedv GarmentSupporter, of which the followingris a full, clear, a-nd'eXa-ctdescription.

lVy invention relates to a' garmentsupporter, and aims to providecertainnew and useful improvements in connection with devices of this characteras heretofore placedY upon the market.

More particularly my present invention raims to provide aQcommerciallypractical supporter which will permit of the utilizing of Suspenders,underneath the shirt, and in' such a manner that they'will support thetrousers without beingvisible, thus incor porating the sightlyappearance of a belt with the eficiency of Suspenders.y Y

A further object of this invention is the provision of a supporter whichmay be` economically manufactured and, in which a general structure willbe provided which will render the saine capable of beingutilized bypersons of various statures.`

Further objects of this invention will appear in the annexedspecification takenin connection with the drawings which latter presentone practical embodiment of my invention,'and in which; Y

Figure 1 shows a figure of a person and indicating in dotted linesthereonthefapplication of my invention.

Figure 2 is a partly fragmentary sectional 'l side View taken along theline 2-2 of Fig-V ure v3. K f

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional View taken alongtheline-B-S andinthedirection of the arrows indicated in Figure 2.

Figures 4, 5 and 6 are detail views of the members providing thesupporter and showing the same detached, and Y Figure 7 is a sectionalview taken along the line 7-7 of Figure 1. Y

Referring now more particularly to Figures 1 to 3 it will be seen thatthe reference numeral 10 indicatestrousers which are to be supported,and 11 a shirt associated with the body of the wearer, it being notedthat Suspenders 12 are utilized for Vsupporting the trousers, theseSuspenders lying between the body of the wearer and the inner face ofthe shirt 11. l

'With-a view-ofproviding means, which: will serveto prevent any greatamount of,

relative movement of: the suspenders12 with respect'to the shirt 11i-itwillbe= seenA refer/ ence being had to Figures `land 7 that ,aj numberof guide ,strips Y13 are provided atYV the vshoulder,portions ofthe-.,shirt, other strips being securedI to the innerfaceg of the,`

shirt and Arear of the shirt.' Thesuspenders pass through -thesesstri'psand obviously-this y construction, together withthe attachingV of ,1,

the outer ends ofthe suspendersto thei shirt in themannernhereinaftermore fully de- `scribed,`.will prevent thesuspenders from shifting orturning aside from the factthat it willvenable the'v same-to remain `onthe shirt whenrthe latter is removed from the body. v y v l .Thesupporting devicev itself; embodies taching element. Referring to thelformer', reference being had to Figures 2,. 3 and 4, it'will be seenthat the same includesa pref,- erably oblong body portion 1lik which isconstructed of -wire,or other suitable material,

and is formed with a bent part 15,'at apoint/ preferably intermediate,its ends, said bentl part providing a` retainingmember forth@ secondmember ofthe suspending element. rIvhis member includes a body alsopreferably of a single piece of wire, the ends of which are .bent toprovideza hook 16 adapted to co,-

operate Vwith the bent portion l5, theibody" of said wirebeingbentftoprovide* adiamond shaped` element 17 t l Withjregard to theattaching element, referencebeing had to Figures 2, 35'and6 itl will beseenlthat the same also comprises 'an In practice, the suspendingelement, in-

cluding the bodyr portion 14 is attached to yI5 two? elements, to wit, asuspending andV at` the suspender 12 by passing one of the ends of thelatter thro-ugh 'the loop formed by the body portion thereof, as inFigure 3, and the attaching member, 'including thefbody portion 18 isassociated with the waist band of the trousers by stitchingco-opefrating with the reduced .portions 2() or any other suitableretaining'means, it being noted in this connection that the curvature ofthe body 18 is such as to conform to the waist Y band ofthe'b'ody of thetrousers'lO. In this' i connection it is alsoy to be noted that the.

hook 19 is arranged so as to extend towards the waist band ofthe'trousers, which by virtue of the fact that the trousers band isvconstantly being pressed to a point directly underlying the hook 19,prevents any accidental detachment of these portions from the 'elements17 incident to a movement of the body'l'- yoperation of VYthe suspendingelement with theattaching element, and to also provide meanswhich willserve to permit of the use ofthe device with trousers, having waist,bandsof varying heights, attention is in-k acentv the hook 19 oit theattaching element.

In this connection it is to be noted that the peculiar shape of thememberv 16 is yto be predicated to the fact that by utilizing an elementof this nature, the wearer may lreadily pass the same through any of theopenings 21, desired, but by'virtue of this shape, anyaccidentalwithdrawal or' the members 17 through the openings 21 withwhich it is associated, will be precluded, attention being invited toFigure 2.

Thus a supporting member is provided which will primarily provide amedium permitting or1 the ready attachment and detachment of a nethergarment, with the Same, the structure utilized being capable Of beingmanufactured at an extremely nominal ligure, it being further seen thatby means of the strips 13 no stress will be felt by the wearer in thatthe Suspenders are permitted to adjust themselves with Arespect to thebody. Y e

Furthermore a supporting member con- Now witha view of permittingof the'col structed in accordance with my invention will cause the shirt toliefarY better-than has heretofore been thecase where either belts orSuspenders were utilized, in that the suspender 12 includes vtheA strips13 Vof the shirt-11, thus being retained in place, and also holding theshirt. properly, aside from the fact that the suspender againcooperateswith the shirt at the openings V21. o

rlhus the objects, set forth in the vpreamble orY this specification areaccomplished, and it will be appreciated thatmoditications oi Astructuremight readily beY resorted to without in the least departing from thescope o my claims, which are;

1. A garment'supporter includinga shirt, a suspending element andattaching element, said suspending element being adapted to be securedto the end cfa suspender, said attaching element being secured to anether garment, Vand adjacent the fwaist band of the same, and strips'secured `to` said shirt for overlying said suspender, said suspender`passing between said stripsV and shirt.

2. 'A garment supporter including. a sus-- pending element and attachingelement, said suspending element vbeing adapted to besecured to the endof' a suspender, said attachying element being secured to a'nether'garment Aand adjacent the waist band of theY same, a shirt adapted toover lie said suspender, said shirt being formed with a series oi'openings through oneof whichv a portion of said suspending element isadapted to pass. v f 8. A garment supporter including a suspendingelement and attaching element, said suspending element being adaptedto'be 'secured to the end of. a suspender, said attaching element beingsecuredV to a nether garment and adjacent the waist band of the same, ashirt adapted to over lie'saidfsuspender, said shirt being formed with aseries of openingsthrough one of which a portionr of said suspendingelement is adaptedfto pass', and means forming a part oit saidsuspending element for preventing `an accidental retraction of said partthrough said opening. Y i

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